The Arts at Hogwarts

[luv_lotr2]

No: HPFGUIDX 57272

 Tyler wrote:
When we are not in the
> studio, as often as not you'll find artists in our
> local library, bookstore or museum, doing research.

me: Good point! Now that I think about it, it is true that much art 
out there is based on things we "know" about or things we've read 
about and would like to express through art.


Tyler:
like if you photographed an inanimate
> object, like an empty chair? Would the chair in the
> photo move?  Maybe you would see the person who last
> sat in it. 
> Where does the ability to show motion lie-in the
> photograph iself or in the subject of the photo?

me: interesting!  A good question to ask JKR!

tyler:> 
> The wizarding world seems pretty creative to me. It
> may be that creativity is a given among wizards and as
> such doesn't warrent actual instruction (unlike us
> muggles who like to dismiss creativity as useless and
> horror of horors, 'feminine'). There has to be
> creative wizards around-who made those paintings? 


me: yes that was my thought.  There seems to be a lot of 
photographs, paintings, even the architecture in Hogwarts are all 
types of art!  Maybe in a future book, we'll see another type 
of "art" class besides the "dark arts" ;o)

"luv lotr2"